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A-law G.711 European telephony data

What is alaw file? Understanding and opening alaw files

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A-law G.711 European telephony data

Files with alaw file extension can be typically encountered as audio files saved in the A-law G.711 European telephony file format.

Further details

The alaw file extension is associated with the A-law G.711 European telephony file format.

G.711 is an ITU-T standard for audio companding. It is primarily used in telephony. The standard was released for usage in 1972.

G.711 represents logarithmic pulse-code modulation (PCM) samples for signals of voice frequencies, sampled at the rate of 8000 samples/second.

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